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But if you've spent a lot of time perfecting your layout, you'll probably want to test it out with dummy text before you start writing for real. You don't want to run into any unexpected formatting issues when you're in the middle of the flow. The solution is to use the Lorem Ipsum text.
Lorem Ipsum is placeholder text. Also known as Greek text, hidden text, dummy text, and filler text.
To the uneducated eye, it looks like Latin. And while that's partially true, the text itself doesn't make sense. It is usually a scrambled version of Cicero's famous 1st century BC work, De finibus bonorum et malorum, with a few extra words thrown in.
It has been used in printers and typesetters since the 1500s, but became commonplace in the 1960s.
You can easily add Lorem Ipsum text in Word, just follow the instructions below.
By default, the code will add three paragraphs consisting of three lines each. You can change those values by adding numbers in parentheses.
The first number refers to the paragraphs; The second number refers to the lines. For example, =lorem(6,8) would create six paragraphs of eight lines each, while =lorem (2,10) would create two paragraphs of 10 lines each.
You can edit and format Lorem Ipsum text after you've added it using the same tools and shortcuts you use to edit regular text.
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